⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-9910101, with some changes.
This name is a synonym of Eleocharis geniculata .
The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 9910101
) with original publication details: Fl. Bras. 2(1): 1842.